The Life and Times of Turnspit Dogs: A Paradigmatic Case of Animal Labor in Early Modern Industrial Production.

This article investigates the early modern history of dog labor in small-scale industrial production in Europe and the Americas as a paradigmatic example of the history of animal labor. The turnspit dog was the "product" of material conditions of production as they were forced to labor in butter-chu...

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Published in:Journal of Animal Ethics Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 55 - 89
Main Author: Alptekin, Onur
Format: Article
Published: University of Illinois Press Spring2024
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